Published on: Wednesday, February 03, 2021
By: Malay Mail
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Preacher Ebit Lew is currently on a 10-day humanitarian visit to Sabah’s east coast districts of Lahad Datu, Tawau, Kunak and Semporna. Picture via Facebook
Kota Kinabalu: Sabah’s Islamic authorities lauded the mass conversion of a Bajau Laut community by preacher Ebit Lew, but clarified that the nomadic sea gypsies are mostly already classified as Muslims.
Sabah Mufti Datuk Bungsu Aziz Jaafar said while he was not privy to the actual conversion ceremony, the Sabah Islamic Affairs Department (JHEAINS) does classify the Bajau Laut ethnic group as Muslims based on its own surveys and reports.
Tuesday, 02 Feb 2021 05:21 AM MYT
BY JULIA CHAN
Preacher Ebit Lew is currently on a 10-day humanitarian visit to Sabah’s east coast districts of Lahad Datu, Tawau, Kunak and Semporna. Picture via Facebook
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KOTA KINABALU, Feb 2 Sabah’s Islamic authorities lauded the mass conversion of a Bajau Laut community by popular preacher Ebit Lew recently, but clarified that the nomadic sea gypsies are mostly already classified as Muslims.
Sabah Mufti Datuk Bungsu Aziz Jaafar said that while he was not privy to the actual conversion ceremony, the Sabah Islamic Affairs Department (JHEAINS) does classify the Bajau Laut ethnic group as Muslims based on its own surveys and reports.
Tuesday, 02 Feb 2021 06:06 PM MYT
BY JULIA CHAN
In a Facebook post, Ebit Lew apologised to the Bajau Laut villagers in Semporna which he allegedly mass converted into Islam recently, saying he could no longer continue on his mission to aid the community. Picture from Facebook/Ebit Lew
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KOTA KINABALU, Feb 2 Popular Muslim preacher Ebit Lew has today claimed that he had to abandon his humanitarian plans to visit other islands around Semporna, two days into his visit amid the movement control order (MCO).
In a Facebook post, he also apologised to the Bajau Laut villagers in Semporna which he allegedly mass converted into Islam recently, saying he could no longer continue on his mission to aid the community.
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THIS new year’s eve is celebrated like no other. No major events are held to bid farewell to 2020 and welcome 2021 due to the spread COVID-19.
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